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April 24, 1907

At the first meeting of the newly-appointed Balderton Parish Council a letter was read from the Great Northern Railway Company acknowledging receipt of the council’s letter respecting the inadequate facilities for crossing the line at Bullpit Lane.

Mr Wand said while they were asking for something to be done in the way of proper protection, it was also necessary that they should press for some convenience in the way of a rail siding.

Balderton had increased in size rapidly and, no doubt, if they had better rail facilities more works would be opened up and the village developed still more.

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The annual public meeting and prize distribution of the Newark and District Sunday School Union took place on Monday in the North End Wesleyan Chapel.

The chairman, Mr E. H. Quibell, addressed those present, and pointed out the value of Sunday School work.

He urged the need of more frequent visiting of the schools by ministers, and said that where a school was allowed to lapse it would be found that the church also went down.

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A somewhat peculiar motor car accident occurred when a 15hp Humber coming across Trent Bridge suddenly skidded across the road, turned completely around and charged the iron railing which skirts the bridge.

The force of the impact snapped nine of the railings, the car only being prevented from dashing on to the embankment below the bridge by an iron strip lately put on top of the railings with a view to giving additional strength.

April 17, 1907

A crowded house favoured the concert given by the Newark Pierrot Troupe at the Town Hall, and it is no exaggeration to say that not one person went home dissatisfied with the performance.

The profit on the concert is to be given to the Newark and District Nursing Association, an institution which is doing a great deal of good in the town, and which has already gathered to itself a host of supporters and friends.

One of the factors in the success of the concert was no doubt the hearty support accorded to it by the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs H. E. Branston) and it is gratifying to notice how any and every effort to which they give their patronage has its success immediately assured.

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The quarterly meeting of the Newark Tradesmen's Association took place at the Robin Hood Hotel. Mr J. Dennis (treasurer) submitted the balance sheet of the plate-glass insurance, showing a reserve fund of £111 15s 8d.

He drew attention to a window being broken as a result of balls thrown in the Market Place.

A ball thrown with such force as to break a plate-glass window would have caused serious injury if it had happened to hit someone, and he hoped the corporation or the markets committee would take the matter into consideration for the safety of the public.

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At a meeting of Claypole Rural District Council Dr Sharp, the newly-elected medical officer, reported cases of measles at Brant Broughton and Stapleford, and a dose of diphtheria at Swinderby.

April 10, 1907

We understand that Mr Guy R. Warwick, Upton Hall, has been invited in conjunction with Mr Purvis, of Cambridge, to read a paper before the London Section of the Institute of Brewing on their research work on yeasts.

We heartily congratulate him on the great compliment thus paid him, and are very glad to see young talent in the brewing world recognised in this public way.

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The Newark Instrumental Society gave their first musical evening in the Town Hall, and a highly interesting bill of fare was presented, all varieties of tastes being catered for.

The society, it should be noted, has been in existence but a short period, a fact that calls for additional congratulation on Friday night’s performance.

During the interval, the Mayor (Mr H. Branston) said when the society formed in October 1906 they had eight members join them who had never had any orchestral training before.

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The annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Magnus Grammar School took place in the Town Hall. There was a good attendance of parents and friends of the school.

The chairman of the Nottinghamshire higher education sub-committee, Mr Harcourt Vernon said it must be gratifying to the boys to have so many friends present to see them step forward gracefully and stretch out eager hands to receive the awards of toil.

He did not know whether they realised that prizes were not a necessity to any school. Some schools did not have prizes at all.

April 3, 1907

A railway accident at Brocklesby Junction at midnight on Wednesday last, when a fish express and a goods train came into collision, caused considerable inconvenience in Newark.

The supplies of fish determined for the town were in the trucks which were smashed and the result was that not a pound arrived through the usual channels.

Mr J. Pratt, the well-known dealer in Cartergate, had a very large number of orders on his books, many of which he found himself incapable of fulfilling, and he desires to express his sincere regret for the disappointment by his customers, but which, of course, was unavoidable.

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When cycling at Fulbeck Mr Alderman Saunders was in the act of getting off his machine and not having a firm grip of the brake it ran from under him and caused him to fall somewhat heavily.

He was a good deal shaken and one of his legs was badly bruised.
A gentleman passing in a cart took him to the nearest station and he returned home by train.

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Excellent testimony to the sobriety of Newarkers was paid on Tuesday by the fact that the charge sheet at the Borough Police Court was a clean one. And this despite the holiday season.